Hey! Sorry about the last chapter, but there is meaning to the madness. So here is your answer! 

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Percy I

Percy woke with a start. Cold sweat trailed down his face and his back, making him shiver. His head hurt like it had been hit with an anvil inside a block of ice. Percy groaned, why is head hurt like that he had no idea, but he want it to stop. He noticed the room was dimly lit with only greyest-blue light streaming from the windows on the far side. This was his old apartment, the one he lived in when Gabe was still alive. He looked down at himself, but he was still seventeen, why would he be back in this apartment? Especially with a war going on!

"Shhhh, relax." A voice soothed, he turned around to see someone was sitting in a chair beside him.

Percy jumped, almost falling out of the bed. He heard someone scream is name, their voice sounded oddly familiar. Two hands grabbed his arms and gently pulled him back into a laying position. A cold rag was placed on his forehead, easing the pain in his head "Where am I?" The voice that escaped his lips didn't sound the same, it was raspy like he had been screaming for hours on end.

"Oh, honey. They must have hit you hard this time."

"Wha--?"

"Sally!" Someone snarled as they burst into the room.

Percy recognized that voice anywhere, but it couldn't be "Gabe?" He croaked.

"I thought I told you to get rid of that Vagrant!"

Next to him his mother flinched "But--."

"No! I've had enough of this little brat! He will be shipped out of here first thing tomorrow like the vagabond he is!" Gabe snapped.

"Using some big words now are we?" Percy sneered, that wasn't the right thing to say.

Gabe lunged and yanked him out of the bed, throwing him into closet near the window. His head seared with pain as Percy tried to lift it. He hear his mother screaming his name and Gabe bellowing incoherent things.

"Gabe! No! Stop it, leave him alone!" Sally screamed as Gabe strode toward him. Percy was surprised he could move that fast, considering he was about the size of a walrus with no tusks.

His step-father grabbed a hand full of his hair and jerked him up to his feet, then dragged him of out of closet "Hold still, brain boy." He took out a knife "Nice and easy."

"No! Gabe stop it!" His mother tried to push Gabe out of the way but he was just too fat and weighed too much. Percy struggled to stay conscious, his head was throbbing and he could hear his heart in his ears. Suddenly Gabe screamed and fell backward, clutching his leg "Sally! You know I go shot in that leg! What gives?"

"No one hurts my little boy!" Her voice was dangerous, Percy hadn't heard that tone in her voice since the Titan War.

Gabe groaned "It hurts!"

Percy snickered, even though he sunk to floor in order to settle his nausea "At least you didn't get shot in the butt, there might have been some brain damage."

Sally shot him a warning glance as if to say: just keep quiet for a while and I'll get us out of here!

But the damage was already done, Gabe glared at him "Think my wound is funny, punk? How about I give you a matching one so we can match and you can have a good laugh at yourself every once in a while!"

He took out a gun from inside his pants, which was disgusting, aimed it at Percy and pulled the trigger. Percy rolled out of the way just in time, where his head had once been a nice size hole stood now. Gabe cursed, making it obvious that the small pistol only held one bullet, and threw the useless hunk of metal to the side. A thought came to Percy that the gun could be used at a small club, but didn't want to give Gabe any ideas and it was too late to use it for anything now...since Gabe threw it out the window. Sally hauled him to his feet, Percy leaned on her for support as they started to shuffle to the door.

"Oh, I wouldn't do that if I were you, Sally. I still got that tag on your little 'boyfriend', maybe if you leave I'll pay him a visit."

At that his mother froze, she turned to his step-father "Leave Paul out of this."

"You shouldn't be dating this Paul in the first place. After all I own you."

"You're 'married' to me, I wouldn't call that owning."

"I can call it what ever I like...besides you should stay loyal to me."

"Like you haven't cheated on me every five to six time a week. Besides I have other priorities."

"Hmmm, your thinking about leaving me and finding another man...maybe I'll let this little incident with that soon-to-be-fugitive be known to the police. I'm sure they would take quiet a liking to this." Gabe laughed.

"Mom, let's go." Percy urged, other than the fact that he was totally confused on what in Hades was going on and how he got here, he knew that his mom and him were in danger. He can ask all the question he'd like later, after they get out of harms way.

Sally glanced at him, she was hesitant but sighed and quickly turned, before dragging both of them out of the room.

"Sally!" Gabe screeched.

They continued to run, his head hurt like Tartarus, but he pushed the pain aside.

"SALLY!"

They heard something big stomping on the floor, running after them. Percy was surprised that the walrus could even run. His mom was muttering under her breath "Have to get out, need to keep Percy safe, need to get to Paul, we need to get away."

They flew down a flight of stairs that lead down to the first floor of their apartment building "Almost there."

Percy glanced behind them, Gabe was close.

"Almost there."

The two burst out the doors of the building, getting weird looks from bystanders.

"Almost there, just to the car!"

Sally and Percy raced tot he car and flung open the doors of Gabe's Camaro, literately jumping in.

"Step on it!" Percy said as Sally buckled her seatbelt and slammed her foot on the petal. Gabe lunged forward but tripped on the small pistol that he had thrown out the window, landing on his face before he could reach them. The car lurched forward, causing his mom the yank the steering wheel to the side. They sped out of the nearly empty parking lot and took to the streets, leaving Gabe in the dust.

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